?In the morning, in the northeast foot of Tongbai Mountain, in Pingyang City, Yiyang County, Shenzhou, flags were flying on the top of the city. Sima Yuchishun, the general manager of Anzhou, was inspecting. It has been half a day since the Anzhou army attacked and captured the Shenzhou Prefecture, but they were still on guard.

At the gate of the south of the city, a long line of teams was moving south, with people dragging their children and daughters in the team. Under the command of Anzhou soldiers, they left Pingyang and crossed mountains and ridges to the boundary of Anzhou.

Shenzhou belongs to the Yuzhou General Administration as its border with the Anzhou General Administration. In June, the Anzhou General Administration Yuwen Liang raised an army to rebel against Yang and sent the General Administration Sima Yuchi Shun to lead his army in Yingzhou on the southeast foot of Tongbai Mountain to prevent the Yuzhou General Administration from heading south through Shenzhou.

Yuchi Shun stayed in Yingzhou for two months. During this period, the main force of the Anzhou Army defeated the imperial court at Lianghekou to conquer the Southern Army and then swept across Jingzhou. His responsibilities as the Eastern Army remained unchanged: restraining the Yuzhou General Administration.

So after more than a month of planning, he decisively took action and successfully captured the southern gate of the Yuzhou General Administration last night. What he was going to face was the strong counterattack of the Yuzhou Army.

"Sima, the siege came to report that the Yuzhou General Manager sent a large army south, less than a hundred miles away from Pingyang one hour ago." A general reported on military information, and Yuchi Shun and a group of generals looked solemn when they heard this.

There is not much time left for them. The normal marching speed of the army is about thirty or forty miles a day, but if cavalry is sent alone, it will be much faster. If the Yuzhou army sends cavalry to harass and restrain them, their retreat plan will be affected.

"Send the order immediately and set fire to the city!" Yuchi Shun issued a military order without long struggle. This is also part of the plan: taking down Pingyang does not mean defending Pingyang, moving the people away to set fire to the city without leaving a grain for the Yuzhou army.

The Anzhou East Route Army led by him was to be on guard and restrain the Yuzhou army, so he had to take action to bleed the other party and attract more troops to come. The Tongbai Shandong section between Yingzhou and Shenzhou is the eastern section of Tongbai Mountain. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. These passes are now in the hands of the Anzhou army, so they are not afraid of the Yuzhou army attacking, and Yuchishun is trying to attract the other party to waste their lives in these passes.

"Sima, and the people in the city have not been withdrawn, is it..." A general asked. Yuchi Sima had previously ordered the army to enter the city without burning, killing, and robbing, and not killing people indiscriminately during the process of moving the people. Now, the people have set fire to the city before they have withdrawn, and he is afraid that someone will be trapped. This is somewhat inconsistent with the previous image of "harmony".

"First set fire in a place where there is no one. People who are still procrastinating will naturally speed up their movements when they see the fire. When the people burn here, they will all withdraw." Yuchi Shun did not change the meaning of the order. He followed his father, Duke Yuchi Jiong of Shu, who had been fighting for many years, knew that Ci was not in charge of the soldiers. He looked at the long line outside the city and added: "Arrang more carriages and try to bring the elderly, weak, women and children."

In this era, the population was the most important resource. Pingyang City had more than 2,000 residents, with a total of more than 2,000 households, with a total of 5 people per household, which could move to Anzhou, and also reclaim land and farm to increase taxes. Leaving an empty city without a man, the Yuzhou army was not even young and strong to defend the city. The so-called increase and decrease of one person was accumulated bit by bit.

"Our army slapped the Yuzhou army this time. Pingyang defenders suffered heavy casualties. If they sent troops to defend the city, they would probably have to arrange thousands of people." A general said as he looked at the gradually lit fire in the city, "There are more people here and fewer people who can go west, and the general manager can gain more advantages in Jingzhou."

If Yuzhou wants to defend against Anzhou, it must garrison troops in Pingyang City. With the lesson of this loss, the other party must strengthen its troops and reserve troops elsewhere. They must guard against whether the Anzhou army will be dispatched in full force during the next attack and then directly lead the army northward. Pingyang is only 200 miles away from Shangcai, Yuzhou Prefecture. If the cavalry takes a day and night, they will be able to succeed.

"It's not only the west, but I heard that the Bozhou General Administration Office in the east of Yuzhou has been taken down by Yuchi. The Yuzhou side defense has no time to have the time to save Jingzhou." Another general added that the Anzhou army is in great momentum now. As long as the situation lasts for a few more months, the Jingzhou General Administration Office will be able to eat it.

The generals were discussing the current situation and Yuchi Shun was not involved. The "General Manager Yuchi" they mentioned just now refers to the Qingzhou General Manager Yuchi Qin, who is his cousin. His half-brother Yuchi Dun is the General Manager of Xiangzhou, who is now leading a large army to fight the imperial army in Xingzhou.

"I don't know if my father is safe now..." He murmured to himself looking back at the sky in the north. His father Yuchi Jiong supported Zhao Wang Yuwen Zhao's youngest son Yuwen Qiankeng to establish a new court as the emperor. The father and son have been separated for more than a year.

Last June, Duke Yuchi Jiong of Shu Kingdom raised an army to rebel against Yang in Xiangzhou. At that time, Duke Yuchi Shun of Angu County in Chang'an was placed under house arrest by Yang Jian. If it weren't for his son-in-law Yuwen Wen to save him, he would have been a different person. After coming to Anlu, thanks to his in-law Yuwen Liang being the chief supervisor of Anzhou, he became the chief supervisor of Sima to lead troops to fight. Now, seeing the situation between the two sides improve and resist Yang Jian together, the uneasiness in Yuchi Shun's heart began to sprout: If Yang Jian is really killed, what after?

My father is now the prime minister of the Yecheng court. If Yang Jian can be killed in the future, Yuwen Qiankeng, who ascended the throne in Yecheng, will naturally be the true emperor of the Great Zhou and his father is the real power prime minister of the Great Zhou. How should Yuwen Liang and his son deal with themselves at that time?

One mountain cannot withstand two tigers. The Yuchi family will make great contributions to the re-creation of the Great Zhou Dynasty and will inevitably have a high position and power. In the end, they will have an opposition to Yuwen Liang and his son, who are the royal family. When the little emperor will grow up, he will begin to feel that the Yuchi family is in trouble, so it is inevitable to use the remaining royal family power. At that time, the four Yuchi Jiong and the father and son, uncle and nephew, will compete against Yuwen Liang and the father and son, and what should he do?

No matter who wins the final victory, it is a dilemma for Yuchi Shun: no matter who wins, he will definitely be eliminated. If Yuwen Wen dies, his daughter Sanniang will probably not be able to survive. If Yuchi's family dies, he will probably not be able to survive.

Although the situation is not yet determined, maybe Yang Jian will succeed in the end or cause the confrontation between the East and West and Wei more than 30 years ago. Now it seems a bit ridiculous to be troubled by the future. Yuchi Shun has noticed something wrong from some details: his father did not contact Yu Wen Liang when he launched the offensive in June, and he doesn't know whether he has contacted him now.

In other words, my father did not regard Yu Wen Liang as an ally, perhaps because he had confidence in his own strength or perhaps because he believed that Yu Wen Liang had made peace with Yang Jian was not trustworthy. For any reason, this was in sharp contrast to the fact that he contacted Yu Wen Liang when he raised an army to challenge Yang last year. This attitude itself shows that his father had quite a complaint about Yu Wen Liang.

So Yuchi Shun felt that the uneasiness in his heart was not unreasonable. Yang Jian had an objection to Yuwen Liang before his father had eliminated it. If Yang Jian was really resolved, the relationship would only become more and more tense until a conflict broke out.

Even if the father can tolerate it, even if Yuwen Liang can tolerate it, can his younger brother, cousin, and his son-in-law and his brother tolerate it? Can their respective subordinates tolerate it? Can the little emperor tolerate it? Not to mention the nobles of the aristocratic families who are afraid that the world will not be in chaos and will be stolen.

‘If the situation continues like this, it’s actually good…’ Yuchi Shunyao looked at the sky in the northwest direction and thought in his heart.

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In the eastern section of Tongbai Mountain, the mountain road was winding and crowded with people with family members. They were driven away by the Anzhou army and stepped into Tongbai Mountain and walked south along the mountain road for a long time before coming to this pass at the junction of Shenzhou and Yingzhou.

There are three roads to cross Tongbai Mountain to the south of Shenzhou. Each pass is the three passes on the road: Baiyan Pass, Wuyang Pass, Pingjing Pass, Wuyang Pass is in the middle and Baiyan Pass, Pingjing Pass is in the east and west sides. The people are walking the Wusheng Pass Road in the middle.

On weekdays, each of these three passes is three times. From time to time, you have to be wary of the attacks of Tongbai Mountain Baman from time to time. However, since the rebellion of Baman was gradually calmed down at the end of May, the mountain roads have stopped a lot. Because there are many people who have moved Pingyang and the mountain roads are narrow, they are divided into two groups, one group to go to Wuyang Pass and the other group to Pingjing Pass.

As for Baiyan Pass in the east, it is very easy to be intercepted by the Yuzhou army because it is located on the eastern foot of Tongbai Mountain, so no one left. After the Anzhou army escorted the people into Tongbai Mountain, they did not urge them anymore. After all, the army behind the palace blocked the entrance of the mountain road, even if the Yuzhou army chased after him, they could do nothing: the road was too narrow and there were either gullies or cliffs on both sides.

The people were walking on the mountain road, and there were many elderly, weak, women and children sitting in the carriages. Although the soldiers of Anzhou were a little fierce, they did not "touch" the civilians according to Shangguan's orders and even let the elderly and children who could not walk on the road ride. Now they are not afraid of pursuing soldiers in the future, so it doesn't matter if the team is moving slower.

A woman was walking with a little girl in her arms and suddenly she slipped under her feet and almost slipped into the deep ditch next to her. Fortunately, she was pulled by the man beside her. The soldiers who followed the order behind her stopped the carriage behind her: "Take her mother and I go along."

Seeing this, the woman was quite grateful and squeezed into the carriage with the help of the man. When the soldier saw the little girl's timid appearance, he couldn't help but smile and said to the man: "You girl is pretty and beautiful."

Seeing that the man didn't say anything, he was worried that the other party thought he was ill-behaved with his daughter and quickly added: "Don't panic. After arriving in Anlu, the government will arrange you well. You have land, land and houses, which is no worse than in Pingyang."

"June, I wonder how far it will be to go to Anlu?" the man seemed to believe it and asked with courage.

"It depends on which road you take. If you walk south through Yuezhou and westward to Anlu, the road will be about 140 miles. If you walk westward to Yingzhou and turn southward to Anlu, it will be 120 miles."

The man thanked him and followed the carriage to move forward. The girl in the carriage suddenly started crying. The woman couldn't help coaxing her and didn't stop. She didn't ask the man next to her for help. The man was also indifferent. The soldier looked at the little girl and touched her and took out half of the pancake from her arms and handed it to the man: "Your daughter is hungry, are you? Take it for her."

"Uh...thank you, Jun Ye." The man hurriedly thanked him. When the soldier asked his daughter how old he was, he said that he was six years old. He glanced at the little girl and then changed his words and said that he was three years old.

The man handed the cake to the girl in her arms, but the other party dared not answer. The woman glanced at the man and took the cake with a nervous look on her face for the little girl to eat. The soldier felt that the family of three looked a little strange, and the relationship between the couple seemed very bad.

The soldiers felt something strange. According to Shangguan's request, the soldiers had interrogated every Yuzhou soldiers who would not miss the net. The couple was the one who was responsible for interrogating the questioning that they had confirmed that they were husband and wife.

‘Did he raise a wife outside?’ He thought about it and stopped paying attention. He often heard about the bad news that the wife could not give birth to a boy and passed on the family line and raised a child outside, so he thought that the couple in front of him might be the same.

The mountain road ahead turned a corner. A pass appeared in front of everyone. There were steep mountain walls on both sides of the pass, but the gate could pass through. The three big words "Wuyang Pass" on the top of the gate are clearly visible.

Flags were waving on the wall, and the soldiers behind the female wall were wearing strong and holding sharp edges, staring at the endless team in front of them. The man following the carriage glanced at Wuyang Pass and lowered his head and looked to the other person's eyes.
Chapter completed!